Chap. 1 : Northeast Asian Vortex: Regional Change, Global Implications/ Alexandre Y. Mansourov Chap. 2: Soviet Politburo Decisions and the Emergence of the North Korean State, 1946~1948/ Andrei N. Lankov Chap. 3: China's Role in Dealing with the North Korean Nuclear Issue/ Yiwei Wang Chap. 4: U.S. Military Presence and Northeast Asian Regional Stability: Comparative Perspective between U.S.-Japan Alliance and U.S.-Korea Alliance and the Future of the Alliances Chap. 5: The Historical Trajectory and Peculiarities of "Modernization without Democracy": The Case of North Korea/ Myung-Lim Park Chap. 6: The ROK-U.S. Alliance and Korea's Security Strategy fot the 21st Century/ Woosang Kim Chap. 7: Establishing Peace on the Korean Peninsula/ Ki-Jung Kim